I have a 700' N/S longwire and a 900' E/W longwire that are my primary
antennas. I get more local AC noise on the E/W wire and even though most
LWBC is stronger on the E/W, the N/S wire has less noise and better
overall S/N. When I lived in northeast Oregon I also had longwire
antennas and would get LWBC; being much farther south here in AZ I never
really expected to get much, and have been very pleased with what's been
heard, especially this season. Several instances of 252 Algeria at
"armchair copy" in AM sync mode, where normally the NDBs cause strong
hets from the carriers, and the NDB idents themselves create
"interference". (And I'm primarily an NDB DXer, but do like to hear any
LWBC coming my way!)

Steve
On 1/15/2019 12:25 PM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:
In Victoria, rarely any LWBC action in comparison, I think I've only 
every heard 189 with audio, some years ago.ÂÂ How large is your 
longwire Steve?
Last few evenings have seen MW carriers seeming to be from the UK and 
Lithuania, a contrast to poor TP conditions.
best wishes,
Nick

At 06:12 2019-01-15, STEVE wrote:
LWBC got fairly decent later on this Monday evening. At around 06 
utc: 171 poor (AM sync); 183 poor (AM sync); 189 very poor; 198 poor 
(AM sync); 216 very poor; 234 very poor; (243 hints); 252 medium (AM 
sync). MW only has 1089 with rapidly fading het not lasting long 
enough for any audio.
Steve AA7U
near Sahuarita, AZ
R75; N/S longwire

											

I'll need to talk to my neighbours about any
equivalent here, hi. Are these Beverage antenna height, or higher?

Thanks.
Nick
At 19:38 2019-01-15, STEVE wrote:
I have a 700' N/S longwire and a 900' E/W 
longwire that are my primary antennas. I get 
more local AC noise on the E/W wire and even 
though most LWBC is stronger on the E/W, the N/S 
wire has less noise and better overall S/N. When 
I lived in northeast Oregon I also had longwire 
antennas and would get LWBC; being much farther 
south here in AZ I never really expected to get 
much, and have been very pleased with what's 
been heard, especially this season. Several 
instances of 252 Algeria at "armchair copy" in 
AM sync mode, where normally the NDBs cause 
strong hets from the carriers, and the NDB 
idents themselves create "interference". (And 
I'm primarily an NDB DXer, but do like to hear any LWBC coming my way!)
Steve
On 1/15/2019 12:25 PM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:
In Victoria, rarely any LWBC action in 
comparison, I think I've only every heard 189 
with audio, some years ago.   How large is your longwire Steve?
Last few evenings have seen MW carriers seeming 
to be from the UK and Lithuania, a contrast to poor TP conditions.

best wishes,

Nick


At 06:12 2019-01-15, STEVE wrote:
LWBC got fairly decent later on this Monday 
evening. At around 06 utc: 171 poor (AM sync); 
183 poor (AM sync); 189 very poor; 198 poor 
(AM sync); 216 very poor; 234 very poor; (243 
hints); 252 medium (AM sync). MW only has 1089 
with rapidly fading het not lasting long enough for any audio.
Steve AA7U
near Sahuarita, AZ
R75; N/S longwire

											

Well done!

The writing has been on the wall for a long time -

I managed to migrate 5 groups - it was pretty seamless at the time - but
the Yahoo rulebook was constantly changing.

On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 11:53 PM Gary DeBock <d1028gary@comcast.net> wrote:

> Following the general trend among radio hobby groups, the 1,500+ member
> Ultralight Radio enthusiast group has moved its home base from Yahoo to
> Groups.io. This is a general notice to other radio hobby groups before the
> Yahoo site is closed down.
>
> Founded in early 2008 by the late John Bryant and yours truly, the
> Ultralight Radio group has enjoyed steady worldwide growth for over ten
> years, leading the way in portable radio modification, FSL antenna
> development, ocean cliff propagation discoveries and the new "Frequent
> Flyer" transoceanic DXing sport (using a compact FSL antenna on exotic
> ocean beaches). We feel honored to have many of the hobby leaders among our
> membership, and look forward to continued innovation, exploration and
> excitement in the coming years!
>
>
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
>
>
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